CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: HCA Florida Palms West Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$996

about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $456–$1,754

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$550

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $446 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $996 This hospital $550 Cash price $5,288 Hospital's list price $5,288

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 FL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $108 Priciest $550

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $996 (about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate). HCA Florida Palms West Hospital charges insurers about $550, or about $5,288 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Loxahatchee, FL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$2,380	426%
Aetnamajor	$1,586	284%
Cignamajor	$1,110	199%
Humanamajor	$1,110 - $1,798	199%
AmeriHealth	$899	161%
AvMed	$687 - $2,644	123%
Medica	$3,067	549%
Molina	$1,005 - $1,428	180%
Oscar Health	$846	152%
Simply Healthcare	$687 - $714	123%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$455 - $6,346

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 5,288), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 93306.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm HCA Florida Palms West Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 93306.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.